JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday released a coffee table book that showcases the digital transformative journey of the Union Territory. Titled ‘Samnvay’, the book also documents the key projects and technological contributions of the Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG-N) in J&K. Speaking on the occasion, […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah chaired a cabinet meeting on Monday, where important administrative and developmental issues were discussed. “Chief Minister today chaired the Cabinet meeting, which considered important administrative and developmental matters,” the office of the chief minister said on X. The meeting was attended by the council of ministers, […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat on Monday said terrorism and other forms of criminal activities will remain in the sight of police’s guns, asserting that the aim of the force is to completely eliminate anti-national and anti-social elements from the Union Territory. Prabhat was addressing a gathering after inaugurating […]
JAMMU — Several Hindu organisations, besides the BJP, on Monday staged a protest in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district against alleged incidents of assault, arson, loot and killings of members of the minority Hindu community in Bangladesh. Several shops and business establishments remained shut over a bandh called by the Sanatan Dharm Sabha. Led by […]
JAMMU — Security forces widened the area of the search operation to track down terrorists hiding in the forest belt of Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Monday, officials said. The cordon and search operation, which entered its second day, was launched in the Majalta forests after two terrorists reportedly took food from a house […]
JAMMU — Paddy procurement in the Jammu region has reached 4.47 lakh quintals during the ongoing Kharif marketing season, the highest ever in the region, an official said on Sunday. The procurement has surpassed the previous peak of 4.05 lakh quintals achieved during the 2021–22 Kharif marketing season, marking a significant rise in farmer participation […]
JAMMU — The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has transferred the probe into the unnatural death of a 13-year-old minor girl to CBI, directing the agency to submit a status report to the chief judicial magistrate here within three months of commencing the investigation. The girl’s father, Mukhtyar Ali, a resident of […]
JAMMU — A court in Jammu and Kashmir’s Katra has dismissed a plea seeking registration of an FIR against Vaishno Devi shrine board officials for the death of 35 pilgrims in a landslide on the tracks to the shrine on August 26, holding that a natural disaster caused it. It, however, said the ruling will […]
JAMMU — Over 35 students were injured when a bus turned turtle while they were returning from a picnic here late Saturday evening, officials said. The incident occurred at Ring road near Ratnal in Bishnah area and the condition of all the injured was stated to be stable, the officials said. The bus was carrying […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir has completed a comprehensive security audit of all departmental websites and decommissioned 35 redundant portals as part of a major push to strengthen cybersecurity across government systems, a senior official said. Secretary, IT Department, Piyush Singla said ‘Endpoint Detection’ and ‘Response and Unified Endpoint Management’ solutions have been deployed across […]